United States v. Jones

DECISION

HODGSON, Chief Judge:

In January 1982, the accused was administered nonjudicial punishment for wrongful possession of cocaine and wrongful transfer of marijuana which occurred in December, 1981. He blamed Special Agent Cline of the Office of Special Investigations (OSI) for his predicament and this anger resulted in the accused communicating, in December 1981 and January 1982, threats to kill Cline. To this end the accused enlisted the assistance of Airman Alexander, who unbeknown to him was an informant for the OSI. Alexander introduced the accused to Special Agent Gibson who posed as…